Example sentences of "i can [vb infin] [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You really think I can do this fucking exhibition , work on all these projects , sit beside you and keep my filthy lesbian hands to myself ? ’ |
| 2 | I can cite several legal precedents . |
| 3 | ‘ I can change some Swiss francs . ’ |
| 4 | I can feel this happy feeling bubbling in my tummy . |
| 5 | ‘ I can feel those dreadful terrors again — visions of blood and death . |
| 6 | However , it is only in these areas that I can perceive any major divergence in my account and Bethe 's . |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , ’ Simon was saying , ‘ I can manage that stupid bitch , no trouble ! ’ |
| 8 | I regret I can shed little new light on the mystery of who blew the whistle on the celebrated dressing-room scene after Woodfull was hit . |
| 9 | That I can make that prim mouth curve into a delightful smile … ’ |
| 10 | I can make some revealing comparisons between my constituency and the neighbouring borough . |
| 11 | I was able to come back on that and add up the figures perfectly competently , but I can imagine that other people might not have been able to , and |
| 12 | I can imagine some other world in which a conference of learned , and totally blind , bat-like creatures is flabbergasted to be told of animals called humans that are actually capable of using the newly discovered inaudible rays called " light " , still the subject of top-secret military development , for finding their way about . |
| 13 | I do n't know how a first-century slave would have taken this directive to regard work as service to Christ ; but I can imagine some twentieth-century slaves thinking such sentiments run sharply against the grain . |
| 14 | For the first time I can imagine some dim trail of obsession , some weird recursive delusion , leading out of this little room , down the spiral stairs , and out to some wildly mischosen destination … |
| 15 | I can imagine some unpleasant things happening with the sling , too ; the sling-bombs have to be on a pretty short fuse if they 're to detonate soon enough after they land not to be throw-backable , and I 've had a couple of close calls already when they 've gone off just after they left the sling . |
| 16 | now I 've got the mini ones I can play some new chords you see |
| 17 | After my exam , I would like to go for a course at the Outward Bound School where I can learn many new things . |
| 18 | Right , the correlation coefficient is given by da da R equals , now we 've already met this , this is your old friend the product , and what we 're gon na do is divide it by N minus one Now if you think , I 'll wait til you 've got that down let's see if I can find this bloody rubber . |
| 19 | Do n't even think of moving while I see if I can find some dry firewood . ’ |
| 20 | But give me a bit of time and I 'm sure I can find some cogent motive to pin on him . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I can find some other way of paying for it , however . ’ |
| 22 | Not only do I love the way this guitar looks but I can get some great sounds out of it , too . |
| 23 | I can get some brilliant ideas Lieutenant Pigeon and Telex . ’ |
| 24 | Then changing the subject completely from milk and children to the necessity for a clean yard , he said , ‘ I know where I can get some broken slabs . |
| 25 | ‘ Just talking to myself , it 's the only way I can get any sensible conversation round here . ’ |
| 26 | I can cook , as it happens — I 've had to do it ever since I left Pinehurst , and I can tackle most ordinary things . |
| 27 | ‘ Listen , I can remember this fellow whatsisname as clear as you . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I hope I can defuse any potential incident with a laugh and a smile . |
| 29 | As a result of the journey , however , I can report that French motorway food is greatly superior to American . |
| 30 | Though I have never tasted water contaminated with heavy algal growth , I can report that ferruginous water is decidedly bitter ! |